Wow, I did expect worse. I woke up this morning and the first thought came to my mind was, ok last night I drank two bottles of wine so what did I do that will really matter in the long run. I went through my memory step by step and I thought of a conversation with long time friend and I thought about a conversation with one of my clients who had a problem with one of our shipments etc. Usually after a couple of bottles of wine I am just warming up, but in last night’s case I thought since it was WEDNESDAY that I should watch myself. (It was actually Thursday but that’s another story). When I drink I am even more straight forward. So all day today I was like ok, I will leave Dead net alone for a while as I have some great connections which are from dead net occurring off of the sight. There are a few people on here that are actually scaring many people away and I have had contact with about 12 who have sent me private messages and now I talk a few off the site because of this reason. With all that being said, I really did expect worse. Let me go point to point. Weird because my heart is beating heavily right now because I have so much to say with so little time. I can type pretty fast but as anyone who has been using their mouth all day, it becomes very tired. I have been typing all day and now my hands have become very tired. Let’s move on.
1.) Let me first address Mr. Frankly. Usually when someone loses an argument or does not have the intelligence to continue a valid discussion they usually call someone a Nazi. We see this time and time again. This is very amusing since I have had family members who were murdered by the Nazis and the Japanese and I have had family members who fought so couragesly against them. I think of my Grandfather who was an Italian immigrant who gave his youth to fight this way of thinking and who just died last year at the age of 93. I think of many other family members who gave their life to fight fascism. How dare you! Shame on you.
2.) Concentration camp: I will go on memory and I will not surf the net like Mr. Frankly for my thoughts. I recall the term “concentration camp” was derived from some forgotten war in which the British termed such a word. I am not going to surf the net for a thought on this so this is all I remember. Frankly do not deny that last night you went to Google and typed in,” when were the first concentration camps started by the Nazis or something similar? Maybe you did not type the same phrase but if anyone types this into Google they will be directed to a few sights with the same response as Mr. Fakley’s. And this answer is almost exactly the words that Mr. Fakely concedes as his own. The Olympics in Germany took place in 1932 and then the Nazis were in power. So this must have been in August as it was the summer Olympics. The first prisoner camp was actually built and occupied in April or May or something likes this of the following year of 1933. These camps were built in response to a Dutch (communist) who was caught trying to Burn down the German parliament building? Or something like this. So when this individual was caught the Nazi régime used this as legitimacy for building camps to house political prisoners etc. The term “concentration camp” came when the Nazis realized they can put other descendents and POWs into these camps and hence “concentration camps.” Which is a borrowed word from the Brits. This occurred far after the Olympics. So Mr. Fraklys proclamation about the concentration camps going up 2 weeks after the Olympic is just a false as him calling me a Nazi. We go on, and then when the Nazis proclaimed “The final Solution” then these concentration camps became extermination camps. Before this there were not extermination programs. Again, I have not studied the subject for some time so some of my information may be a little off, but with this being said I must say Sir Frankly Touché. I will not lie to you and say I do not want you to hear your thoughts nor that I do not want to respond to your childish and aggravated words, as a true seeker of truth and common knowledge I welcome it. Peace

Those who run have a different perspective than those who stay and solve their own problems. “His Job is to shed light not to master!”

Just saw your comment about the new pic-but this is not the "appropriate" place to explain. Will put the story in the "great travels, grand adventures" or whever exactly that thread is called, JUST FOR YOU Trifecta!
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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Samuel Clemens

I agree 100% with CB's post regarding the situation in Tibet. That opinion is the "real me", btw. I don't claim to be an expert on the situation but (so far) cosmicbadger has summed up my feelings on this situation. As far as me minding my own business, country, religion, etc. (in terms of my dissatisfaction/criticism), I don't feel that's a credible defense. Furthurmore, I'm very outspoken along the lines of homegrown opinion.
That's it for me *marye smiles and let's out sigh of relief*... (on this subject). *marye groans in background*

"Since you've all been such good boys and girls, I would like to take everybody in this entire audience out for milk and cookies. There are buses outside. Everybody follow me."

Concentration-camps in germany before WWII: 1933-Dachau 1936-Sachsenhausen 1937-Buchenwald Mauthausen(Austria) 1938-Ravensbruck / Neuengamme / Flossenburg / Bergen-Belsen Non of this camps were built,installed orv even planned for POWs.there only reason to be was murder and extermination of Persons unfriendly to the nazi-regime,Jews and other minorities living in germany!!

Folks - I appologize for my latest forray into "entertainment" here on dead.net. I think it's having the opposite effect I had intended. Let me just remind everyone that Andy Kauffman and Jerry Lawler were friends, in real life. Take everything in the "news" with some skeptisim, is all I really wanted to say. Look for a change in "channels" soon.
What does this have to do with this topic, you ask? Well, like marye said, "that may be an excerise for the individual".

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kaufman)
"Tony Clifton"
Main article: Tony Clifton
Another well-known Kaufman character is Tony Clifton, an abusive lounge singer who began opening for Kaufman at comedy clubs and eventually even performed concerts on his own around the country. Sometimes it was Kaufman performing as Clifton, sometimes it was his brother Michael or his friend Bob Zmuda. For a brief time, it was unclear to some that Clifton was not a real person. News programs interviewed Clifton as Kaufman's opening act, with the mood turning ugly whenever Kaufman's name came up. Kaufman, Clifton insisted, was attempting to ruin Clifton's "good name" in order to make money and get famous. As a requirement for Kaufman accepting the offer to star on Taxi, he insisted that "Clifton" be hired for a guest role on the show as if he were a real person, not a character. After throwing a tantrum on the set, Clifton was fired and escorted off of the studio lot by security guards. Much to Kaufman's delight, this incident was reported in the local newspapers. Paramount TV and producers James L. Brooks and Stan Daniels later released a statement that said that although Clifton was "no longer welcome on the set," his friend Andy Kaufman would continue in his role as Latka, which he did until the show ended its run in 1983.

"Since you've all been such good boys and girls, I would like to take everybody in this entire audience out for milk and cookies. There are buses outside. Everybody follow me."

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